Phorus, provider of high-performance wireless audio products and
subsidiary of DTS,
Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI), today announced that its breakthrough Phorus
PS1 Speaker and PR1 Receiver will soon be able to bring “Hi-Fi over
Wi-Fi” to Windows® PCs via the DTS Play-Fi app. With a simple
downloadable Windows applet, Phorus products will be the first to offer
direct, whole-home audio streaming over standard Wi-Fi for the world’s
leading desktop and portable PC platform, as well as the vast and
growing Android portable device ecosystem.

In addition, Phorus has added more streaming music service options to
the DTS Play-Fi app for Android with new integrated Internet radio
broadcast support. With the free upgrade to the DTS Play-Fi app, users
can access thousands of popular Internet radio stations from across the
globe such as NPR, BBC, ESPN Radio, Radio Disney, Voice of America, and
Fox News Radio, as well as popular Internet Radio stations like 1.fm,
local AM/FM stations and Sports Radio Streaming, all with high quality
audio over a standard Wi-Fi network.

Phorus is showcasing both the Windows applet and the Internet radio
features within the DTS Play-Fi app for Android at the 2013 Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) and will be releasing them soon to new and
existing customers.

“At Phorus, we understand that music today is all about convenience and
choice, particularly when so many people are streaming from smartphones,
tablets and PCs,” said Dannie Lau, founder and general manager of
Phorus, a subsidiary of DTS, Inc. “That is why we created a speaker
system that brings the ease of wireless audio to the vastly underserved
Android market, and now to the millions of consumers using their Windows
laptops and notebooks as well. We are also delighted to bring such a
wealth of new listening options to our platform with the new Internet
radio broadcasting service.”

Using the DTS Play-Fi app, both the new Windows PC driver and the DTS
Play-Fi app for Android stream Hi-Fi audio directly over standard Wi-Fi
networks, with bit-for-bit accuracy, to DTS Play-Fi connected speakers
and receivers throughout the home. Now, with the DTS Play-Fi Windows
driver, users can stream audio from almost any music source on the
computer, including subscription music services, local files, network
drives, cloud services, Internet radio, or websites directly to any DTS
Play-Fi-enabled speaker system. It also gives users full control of the
home speaker network—allowing users to set up, link, and stream audio to
one speaker system or multiple speaker systems throughout the home at
once.

Phorus’ DTS Play-Fi enabled PS1 Speaker, PR1 Receiver, and App launched
in October 2012 as the first wireless home audio system built from the
ground up for Android devices. The Phorus PS1 Speaker ($199) and Phorus
PR1 Receiver ($149) are both available now from the Phorus
store and Amazon.com.
The Phorus DTS Play-Fi app is free and available on the Google Play
store and in the Amazon App Marketplace.

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